Rubber heel



' S. ADAMCZYK.

RUBBER HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. 1922.

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STANLEY ADAMGZYK, OF CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS.

1 RUBBER HEEL.

Application filed January 19, 1922. Serial a... 530,290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY ADAMCZYK, citizen of Poland, residing at Chico co, in the county of Hampden and State of Flassahave invented certain new and use ful" Improvements in Rubber Heels, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to rubber heels for boots or shoes, having more particular refer- 10 ence to the securing of said heels in place.

The invention has for an object to provide an arrangement of parts which permits of a more secureadhesion of the rubber heel by gluing.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the 20 various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the d awings is a detail perspective view of a ru ber heel arranged according to the invention for securing to the shoe.

Fig.2is a fragmentary longitudinal section, partly in elevation, showing the heel in position on a rubber shoe.

Fig. 3 is a similar view, but showing a modified construction.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the heel shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5'is a similar view to Fig. 2, but showing an application of the invention to a leather shoe. k

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective VIGW' of the member of the leather portion of the heel to' which the rubber heel member is cemented.

In F ig.'1 of the drawings I show a rubber be of the general type used on rubber shoes. Hitherto such heels have been cemented directly to the rear portion of the sole of the shoe, with a tendency to faulty adhesion of the rubber top face of, the heel to the sole element. According to onto the top face my invention Ifirst cement I of the rubber heel a sheet 11 of textile fabric material, preferably canvas, this canvas being preferably of slightly smaller area than that of the heel 10 and set in a shallow recess in the heel. The heel is then cemented in place in the usual manner, the canvas insert engaging the sole element 12 and causing an increased adhesion of the heel. In igs. 3 and 4 I have shown a modified arrangement in which a canvas sheet 15 is formedwith inwardly convoluted portions 16 which are embedded in the body of the heel 17. These inwardly convoluted portions 16 are provided with apertures 18 spaced therethrough and through whichthe rubber portions 17 located in the convolufiions are joined to the main body of the eel.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown an arrangement adapted for the gluing of a rubber heel 'on a leather heel. The rubber heel employed may be the same as shown in either Figs. 1 or 4, a heellike that illustrated in Fig. 1 being shown in Fig. 5, while the lower lift 20 of the leather heel is formed with a number of rows of slots 21 through which strips of canvas such as 22 are woven as indicated in Fig. 5, presenting canvasfaces to which the canvas facing of the heel is cemented.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United Statesis as fol lows: I

In combination with a heel element, a sheet of textile fabric material passed in convolutions therethrough, said convolutions being arranged to prevent portions-extending over and outside one face of the heel element, said fabric sheet forming the medium for attaching the heel to the body of the shoe.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

I STANLEY ADAMCZYK. 

